March the 18th 1864
Dear loveing wife I Set mi Self
don this morning to wright you
afew lines to let you no that I
am well at presant oneley mi
leg is not well yet but it is
gitting better Dear love I receivd
your kind letter that you Sent
with Mr Deptor and was verry
glad to hare from you all that
you all was well and dooing
the best you can Dear love you
Say that you hadent hard whether
I got the haver Sack that you Sent
or not I gotit on Sunday evening
after he left home and I rote
you aletter on mondy morning
and I had rote one on Sattur
day before and I dont no what
is the reason you dont git them
Dear love I would rote yestor
day but I hadent time I had
to Stand gard and I hadent time
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dear love you Say that you
want to no whether I got the brany
you Sent or not I never Seede
the cag nor brandy I got too drams
of it and that was brought to me in
alittle bottle and that is all
I had of it Dear love I tuck it
verry eassey and dident Say
much about it you no that I
told you that I was going to
take every thing as eassey as I
could Dear love I hope and
pray to god mi heavenley father
to Spar mi life to git home one
time more in this world and
Stay ther and then mebby I
can Speeke for mi Self one
time more Dear love I will
try and doo the best I can
and mebby this war wont
last much longer I hope and
pray to god it will Soon end
So we can git home one time
more
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Dear love I want you to rite
to me and let me no how
your hogs is dooing and how
men ni you have I want to
no whether that Sow that I got
of John Setzer has ever had pigs
or not and I want to no how
menny milk cows you have
and how menny yong calvs
Since I left I want you to
tel me how much wheate
you have yet and corn and
I had for about the Sheepe I
want to no how men ny you
have and how menny lambs
I want you to try and kepe a
plenty of hogs and feede them
as well as you can for with out
meete it is har living I have had
the triel of it Sence I left home
Dear love I must close for
this time by Saying to you rite Soon
as you can and often D Setzer
to Susan Setzer
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March the 18th 1864
Dear Son I Sit mi Self don this morning
to rite you afew lines to let you no that
I am tolerbel well mi leg is gitting
better I hope and pray to god when
those few lines cums to your hands
that tha may find you all well
and dooing the best you can
Dear Son you Say in your letter
that you was going to clen out
diches I exspect that tha ar
all fild up and if you dont
Clean them out the bottoms all
will git to wet I want you to make
all the corn you can and I want
you to rite to me and tel me
how the wheate looks and oats
I want you to tel me how your
hors feede holds out and how
your horses looks I want you to
try and work your mool [mule] and
dont let him master you and
Spile him nothing more at presant
D Setzer to car Setzer